🎉😍 The first day of school is here and Pasadena ISD is READY!!! 📚📚 To all of our incredible PISD RISE - New Teacher Induction Team new teachers - YOU GOT THIS! 💪💪💪 Remember, we are HERE FOR YOU. ❤️💙 #RISEup and do amazing things this year.

Mid-week Reminder! #pisdRISEchat colleagues: Don’t forget to reply to at least 2 colleagues before the end of this week’s slow chat!

Thanks for joining us Kimberly! We hope you've enjoyed the book so far!

We are ready for our Week 4 slow chat! Join us! New teachers will RISE to the top together! #pisdRISEchat

Q11: Who is someone important within your professional network? Craft an appreciation tweet that entails how their support is meaningful to you. #pisdRISEchat (Note: Reply with A11: and include #pisdRISEchat in your reply.)

Q12: Harris shared, “Clutter makes you a quitter.” Describe one strategy you plan to implement next year to “quit clutter” and create a learning environment with less stressful distractions. #pisdRISEchat (Note: Reply with A12: and include #pisdRISEchat in your reply.)

Q13: The author notes that life is negatively unfair at times and also positively unfair at times. How can comparing and reflecting on the undeserved good against the undeserved bad play a role in shifting your perspective of inevitable change? #pisdRISEchat

Mid-week Reminder! #pisdRISEchat colleagues: Don’t forget to reply to at least 2 colleagues before the end of this week’s slow chat!

We are ready for our Week 5 slow chat! Join us! New teachers will RISE to the top together! #pisdRISEchat

Q14: As educators, we know that actionable feedback is essential! Our mindset for receiving feedback is pivotal in our ability to take action for our own personal growth. Choose one idea from this chapter and explain how it can shift your mindset to make feedback more useful.

Q15: We cannot develop resiliency in others because it can only be developed, practiced, and refined by an individual. How might you create opportunities for students to build resilience in your class? How do you determine what types of opportunities are necessary?

Q16: Choose and share your biggest Aha! moment while reading about conflict. How does this change your perspective/thoughts on conflict or shape your approach in working through conflict? #pisdRISEchat (Note: Reply with A16: and include #pisdRISEchat in your reply.)

Mid-week Reminder! #pisdRISEchat colleagues: Don’t forget to reply to at least 2 colleagues before the end of this week’s slow chat!

We serviced over 200 new teachers this summer during our PISD Boot Camps! 📢📢📢A HUGE shout out to Pisd_Innovation and Development team for coming out to show our newbies all about their LMS: Canvas by Instructure 💻💻